Têymâʼ — H8485

Definition

masculine noun

Tema, a son of Ishmael, and the region settled by him

1. Tema = "desert"
2. n pr m
3. the 9th son of Ishmael
4. n pr loc
5. the land settled by Tema the son of Ishmael

Usually translated as

Tema

Origin

or Têmâʼ; probably of foreign derivation

Occurrences

Têymâʼ occurs 5 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), 1 Chronicles (1), Job (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (1)

• Genesis 25:15 — Hadar, and Tema (וְתֵימָ֔א), Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah:
• 1 Chronicles 1:30 — Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema (וְתֵימָֽא),
• Job 6:19 — The troops of Tema (תֵּמָ֑א) looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.
• Isaiah 21:14 — The inhabitants of the land of Tema (תֵּימָ֔א) brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.
• Jeremiah 25:23 — Dedan, and Tema (תֵּימָא֙), and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners,